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W.. H. H. WEST. FENCE WIRE CEIMPING DEVICE.

No. 568,931. Patented Oct. 6, 1896..`

Willi 1 runnen STATES' PATENT omen.

YILLIAM H. H. lVEST, OF JERSEYVILIJE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO- THIRDS 'IO H. S. DANIELS ANDl J. IV. ENOS, OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE-WIRE-CRIMPING- DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 568,931 dated October 6, 1896.

Application nea July 22, 1896. serial No. 600,148. (No model To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. WEST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jerseyville, in the county of Jersey and State of Illinois, have invented a .new and useful Fence-Machine, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

This invention relates to machines for constructing wire fencing, and has for its object to devise a hand-machine which is portable, strong, capable of being easily operated, and which can be readily repaired when disabled through long continued and rough usage. The purpose of the machine is to crimp the fence or line wires so as to EX the position of the stay-wires when the latter are applied thereto, whereby the parts will retain their located position. The machineis constructed so as to crimp one or more wires for any desired purpose, the crimps being formed either toward or away from the opera-tor, as desired, and in the event of crimping fencewires after the latter have been strung upon the fence-posts the machineis so constructed as to admit of the bottom fence-wire being crimped,even though it be located but a short distance from the ground.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from theprinciple or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence-wire- Crimping machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the lower portion of the operating-bar. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the machine, the hand-lever being omitted. Fig. 5 is a plan section on the line X Xvof Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan section on the line Y Y of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail section of the main bar on the line Z Z of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred Yis located.

to in the following description and indicated in the several views of the drawings by the same reference-characters.

In its organization the machine comprises parallel bars 1 and 2, a hand-lever 3, wirecrimpers 4, G, and 7, and a wire-cutter 5, the wire cutter and crimpers extending about parallel and having pivotal connection with the bars 1 and 2, so that upon moving the bars longitudinally relative to eachother the operating parts will be actuated. The handlever 3 is forked at one end, and the members 8 embrace the sides of the bai-srl and 2 and terminate in hooks 9, which latter coperate with the front edge of the bar l, so as to crimp the wire ,thereoven The wire-crimper 4 is similar in construction to the forked end of the hand-lever 3, and comprises complementary members which are located upon opposite sides of the bars 1 and 2 and have pivotal connection therewith and which terminate in hooks 10 to crimp the wire over the front vedge. of the bar l in aV manner similar to the hooked ends 9 of the hand-lever 3. The front edge of the bar 1 is rounded, so as not to present sharp corners which would cut or fracture the wire when bending the latter thereover. l

The operation of this part of the invention is as follows: A wire to be crimped is passed in front of the bar 1 and is engaged with either the hooks 9 or 10 upon opposite sides of the said bar 1, and by operating the hand-lever 3 the bar 2 will be moved longitudinally and the parts 3 and 4 will turn upon their pivotal connection with the bar 1 and cause the hooked ends thereof to approach the said bar l and crimp the wire over the front edge of thev bar 1, as will be readily understood. There will be as many wire-crimpers 4 as there are wires to be crimped at one operation, and all the wre-crimpers will be actuated simultaneously by reason of their connection with the operating-bar 2.

The wire-crimper 6 is constructed substantially like the wire-crimper 4, and comprises a single element or member, and in order to its successful operation the parts of the bars 1 and 2 are spread or composed of parallel members, between which the wire-crimper 6 The bar 1 is forked or composed of parallel members ll, and the operatingbar 2 has aportionthickened and grooved in the edge facing the bar l, so as to provide parallel members 12 to receive `1he wirecrimper 6. An opening 13 is formed in the parallel members 1l, and the hooked end 14 of the wire-crimper 6 coperatestherewith to crimp the wire, the latter passing through the opening 13 and being crimped by turning the part G upon its pivotal connectionv with the members 11. The construction just described can be extended according to the number of wires to be crimped at a single operation. l

The wire-crimper 7 is located between the parallel members 11 and 12 and has'pivotal connection therewith similar to the wirecrimper (i, and its active end is formed with a bill 15, which acts in unison with au L-slot 16 in each member 11, so as to crimp the wire. The L-slot 16 opens through the front edge of the respective members 11, thereby facilitating the ingress and egress of the wire to be crimped. After the wire is engaged with the innerend of the L-slot 1G the wire-erimper 7 is operated, and the bill 15 advancing crimps the wire between the members 11 by bending the part extending between the said members 1l away from the operator, the operation be ing the reverse of the action of the wirecrimpers 4 and G, which latter crimp toward the operator. This construction admits of a wire close to the ground being reached without requiring a straining thereof to one Side or the other of its normal position.

The wire-cutter 5 .is a short bar which in general appearance resembles the wire-crimpers 4 and 6 and has a notch 17 to receive the wire to be cutV and hold it while being advanced to the ixed cutter 1S, which latter is located in a notch formed in the front edge of the bar 1 and has a shank 19, which is bolted or otherwise secured to the said bar l. The wire-cutter will be conveniently located,

and is adapted'to sever the wire -atiany required point, and is operated-by means of the hand-lever 3 and bar 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with parallel bars, and

4means for moving them longitudinally relative to each other, of a wire-crimper having pivotal connection with each of the bars and adapted to act in opposition to one of the bars for crimping a wire` substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with parallel bars having parallel members, and means for moving of a wire-crimper located between the parallel members of the bars and having pivotal connection therewith, and having an end constructed to engage with and crimp a wire between the parallel members of a bar, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. vThe combination with parallel bars,.and means for moving them longitudinally relative to each other, of wire-crimpers having pivotal connection with the bars, and a wirecutter, the latter having pivotal connection with the bars and adapted to act in opposi- -tion to a fixed cutter to sever a wire, substanthe bars longitudinally relative to each other, 

